GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| natal | native |